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According to The Defiant, Kraken has launched three xStocks vaults, allowing eligible customers to deposit SPYx, QQQx, and NVDAx into the vaults while earning floating returns while retaining exposure to tokenized stocks or ETFs. The vault initially shows an estimated net APY of 2% for SPYx and QQQx, and 1.8% for NVDAx. Kraken charges a 25% performance fee on vault earnings, and the displayed interest rate has already deducted this fee; rewards will be converted into the same type of xStock and automatically reinvested into the customer's balance.The strategy is designed by Sentora and is responsible for risk management, while Veda provides the vault infrastructure. After customers deposit xStock, Kraken transfers it to an embedded self-custody wallet on Ink, packages it, and deposits it into the Veda vault; Sentora then cross-chain transfers the packaged xStock to Solana and deposits it as collateral in the Kamino lending market. After borrowing stablecoins, it is deployed into selected DeFi strategies, and the returns are ultimately converted back into the deposited xStock. Customers do not need an external wallet or mnemonic phrase but can export the private key; redemption requires a three-day wait for funds to arrive.Kraken's documentation shows that the strategy uses leverage to generate returns by borrowing stablecoins and lists risks such as smart contracts, liquidity, bad debts, liquidation, cross-chain execution, and downstream assets, with losses shared proportionally among vault users. xStock holders do not have voting rights, dividend rights, or legal claims to the underlying stocks. The vault is currently available to the European Economic Area and other supported markets, while users from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and sanctioned countries cannot use it.

According to The Block, Hyperliquid's block trading layer Silhouette launched its Request for Quote (RFQ) trading system on the mainnet on Tuesday, initially supporting tokenized stocks from Payward's tokenized stock framework xStocks. Silhouette stated that the system allows traders to initiate quote requests for any supported xStock and receive competitive quotes from connected market makers, with winning trades able to settle on-chain at any time and in any size.The RFQ system enables trading of supported xStocks without a dedicated order book, and tokens that generate sufficient trading activity can subsequently be upgraded to an independent HyperCore market. Silhouette founder Chandler De Kock mentioned that while tokenized stocks continue to go on-chain, they mostly lack trading venues, and market makers compete for each trade, with settlement completed on-chain, proving that assets with real liquidity will be upgraded to their own HyperCore market.xStocks was launched in June 2025 and is said to have processed over $40 billion in total trading volume, covering more than 200,000 holders, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain. The platform issues publicly listed stock tokens pegged 1:1, and its business has expanded from U.S. stocks to European and Asian markets. RWA.xyz data shows that the existing tokenized stocks amount to approximately $2.53 billion, with xStocks accounting for about $620.1 million, ranking as the third-largest issuer, following Ondo (approximately $856.3 million) and bStocks (approximately $621.5 million).

The tokenized stock platform xStocks announced that MUx, SKHYx, NVDAx, QQQx, and SPYx have gone live on Hyperliquid as native spot markets. Each asset has a liquidity of approximately 1 million dollars, with an average spread of 8-12 basis points, supporting 24/7 trading, and more assets will be launched in the future. This product is not available to the United States and U.S. persons and is subject to regional restrictions. xStocks is launched by Payward, providing trading of tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and IPOs.

Binance's tokenized stock product bStocks has been online for less than two months and has surpassed the tokenized stock value of the cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken's xStocks, becoming the second largest issuer. bStocks has a scale of approximately $624 million, xStocks about $579 million, and Ondo Finance about $927 million. As of Tuesday, bStocks' scale has decreased to $610.6 million, still ranking second, slightly above xStocks' $601.2 million.In the past year, the total value of the tokenized stock market, according to issuers, has increased from about $8 million to approximately $2.7 billion. Binance launched bStocks on June 11, allowing investors to gain exposure to U.S. stocks through blockchain tokens without directly holding the underlying stocks. Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao stated that the rapid growth of bStocks is attributed to Binance's user base.

X Layer has surpassed 80% of the total trading volume on the tokenized stock platform xStocksFi, maintaining its lead for two consecutive weeks. OKX Star stated that assets will naturally flow to places with liquidity, users, and applications. The growth of xStocks on X Layer is just an early case; tokenized stocks are only the starting point, and a more complete on-chain financial market will be built in the future. X Layer is accelerating the layout of the RWA ecosystem.

Recently, the official xStocks account suddenly posted "hyperliquid" on the X platform. Combined with the news that in the past few weeks, its developer Backed has spent approximately 5,006 HYPE to acquire 10 spot Tickers including NVDAx, SPYx, QQQx, the community speculates that xStocks related assets may land on the Hyperliquid platform.

Financial technology company Broadridge has partnered with Kraken's B2B infrastructure platform Payward Services to integrate its unified governance platform with the tokenized stock framework xStocks developed by the latter. This collaboration provides qualified holders of xStocks with shareholder communication and proxy voting support, allowing token holders to participate in corporate governance voting for the companies they invest in for the first time.According to the announcement, the main features include qualified holders logging into ProxyVote.com via Web3 identity verification, receiving proxy materials and shareholder communication information in a digital format, submitting proxy voting intentions for tokenized securities supported by xStocks, and obtaining a consistent governance experience between traditional securities and mainstream tokenized models. Additionally, this service is based on Broadridge's proxy voting infrastructure, offering institutional-level governance, reporting, and audit capabilities.

The tokenization platform xStocks announced the launch of its third IPO tokenization product, targeting the American sandwich chain brand Jersey Mike's, which will be issued on Solana, EVM, and TON. Users can submit subscription intentions through Kraken. According to its disclosure, Jersey Mike's has over 3,330 stores and sales of $4.3 billion. Previously, xStocks' two IPO tokenization targets were SpaceX and Bending Spoons.xStocks stated that this type of IPO tokenization product only provides price exposure and does not represent direct ownership. The allocation of shares is not determined by xStocks or Kraken and may be fully, partially, or not allocated at all. Unallocated funds will be returned, and it is not open to individuals from the United States, the United Kingdom, or Canada.

The parent company of Kraken, Payward, has partnered with financial technology infrastructure provider GTN to promote the expansion of xStocks tokenization business into more overseas markets. The announcement stated that the two parties will first advance the tokenization of Hong Kong stocks, followed by expansion to the UK, Europe, South Korea, and other international markets, gradually covering more asset classes.According to the cooperation arrangement, GTN will provide execution, custody, and bookkeeping infrastructure covering over 90 markets, and will advance the necessary license applications in various locations. Once the relevant licenses are approved, tokenized xStocks will be opened to GTN's institutional clients.

As tokenized securities transition from "holdable assets" to "usable capital," the role of xStocks in on-chain trading scenarios is changing. The trading platform Nado, built on Ink, launched the xStocks / xPoints event on July 8, providing a new entry point for RWA asset points and capital efficiency.During the event, users who deposit supported assets such as AAPLx, METAx, NVDAx, QQQx, GOOGLx, SPYx, and TSLAx into Nado will receive a 25% xPoints bonus on their TVL. If users trade xStocks in the Nado spot market, they can also unlock up to a 30% xPoints bonus based on daily trading volume, while simultaneously earning Nado Points.Nado's unified margin account allows xStocks to be used as collateral for contract trading. The same asset can simultaneously function in holding, trading, collateral, and point acquisition, further amplifying the capital efficiency of tokenized U.S. stocks in the on-chain trading system.

Delphi Digital stated that the issuance scale of xStocks continues to grow, with its on-chain AUM surpassing 500 million dollars for the first time, and the number of independent holders exceeding 177,000. Data shows that users are still mainly flocking to well-known large tech stocks and other "household name" giants, with the top ten xStocks assets accounting for over 80% of the total scale.

According to the Kraken page, the Kraken xStocks platform indicates that users in China cannot withdraw SPCXx.Previously, SPCXx also displayed "Trading Halted" on the Kraken xStocks platform, indicating that according to local regulations, this asset cannot be traded in China.

According to crypto KOL @_FORAB and feedback from several users participating in the xStocks (Kraken's tokenized stock platform) SpaceX IPO, the actual allocation received was far below expectations. Users reported that most only received about 4.2786 SPCXx (tokenized stock of SpaceX), which was approximately $600 at the time of pricing. Some users have already received refund notifications from Kraken and were charged a $600 fee.Previously, xStocks opened the channel for users to participate in the SpaceX IPO, promising real share allocation. However, due to the overall compression of retail quotas for this SpaceX IPO and demand far exceeding supply, the actual allocation through the xStocks channel was significantly reduced, leading to widespread dissatisfaction in the community. As of the time of publication, xStocks has not yet made a formal statement regarding this reduction in allocation.

According to market news and community feedback, there are issues with the underlying supply of xStock, and various trading platforms have no inventory for new listings. Users should pay attention to the status of their hedging orders.

Kraken employee Nata posted that the subscription limit for SpaceX tokenized stock (SPCX) on the xStocks platform "is much lower than expected and has been significantly reduced," adding "hedging canceled." Currently, Kraken has not made an official statement on this.

Bybit announced the official launch of its on-chain US stock IPO subscription product, Bybit IPO Express, and partnered with xStocks to introduce the first phase of the SpaceX tokenized IPO subscription service.It is reported that this product is open to eligible Bybit VIP and Pro users, allowing users to subscribe to stock assets at the issue price directly in the primary market without the need to open a traditional brokerage account. The tokenized SpaceX shares issued this time are fully backed by xStocks, pegged 1:1 to real equity, and comply with institutional-level regulatory standards.The specific timeline for the SpaceX tokenized subscription is as follows:Registration and subscription period: June 7 to June 11Quota phase: June 11 to June 12Spot trading launch: June 12The official statement indicated that the Bybit platform will continue to expand its on-chain US stock and RWA ecosystem in the future to provide more diversified investment opportunities.

According to The Block, Kraken's parent company Payward's xStocks framework will launch a service that allows Kraken and partner platform users to participate in U.S. stock IPOs at the offering price and receive on-chain tokenized shares corresponding 1:1 with the underlying stock, which is held by a regulated custodian.Users can submit non-binding subscription intentions through partner platforms weeks before the IPO. Payward will aggregate demand and collaborate with the underwriting team to allocate shares, completing pricing, allocation, and token issuance on the listing day.xStocks tokens can circulate across multiple chains such as Ethereum, Solana, and TON, and can be used in combination with DeFi protocols.

According to Token Terminal data, the tokenized platform xStocks has surpassed a total market capitalization of 100 million USD on Ethereum, growing by approximately 1000% year-to-date, primarily driven by STRCx.In addition, the asset market capitalization of xStocks on the BNB Chain has separately exceeded 30 million USD, mainly consisting of tokenized commodities such as copper, silver, platinum, and palladium.

BNB Chain officially announced that the tokenized stock platform xStocks has been launched, with the first batch opening over 50 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, including Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, and the S&P 500 ETF, with an additional 100+ assets to be added in the coming weeks.Users can participate with a minimum of $10, supporting 24/5 uninterrupted trading. It is now possible to trade directly on PancakeSwap and CowSwap, with 1inch integration coming soon; these tokenized stocks can also be used as collateral for lending and integrated into structured yield strategies, with further connections to Chainlink, Venus Protocol, and Flux planned. BNB Chain has become the world's second-largest RWA public chain, with on-chain RWA asset scale reaching $3.8 billion, approximately 45,000 holders, and a transaction volume of $1.17 billion.